Manicuring appliance.



No. 811,992; PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

A. A. ANGUS & D. B. CAMERON.

MANIGURING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1905- UNITED srn rns OFFICE.

ANNA A. ANGUS AND DOROTHY B. CAMERON, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

IVIANICURING APPLIANCE.

The. 811,992.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed u y 1, 1905. Serial No. 267,907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANNA A. ANGUs and DOROTHY B. CAMERON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at the city of New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Manicuring Appliances, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to manicuring appliances.

Devices for the purpose of manicuring the nails have generally beenmanufactured in the form of a rigid frame or handle having a pad securedthereto of leather or similar substance constituting an abradant toeffectively clean and polish the nail. Inasmuch, however, as the bestresults can only be secured by employing different polishing materialssuccessively, starting with a "comparatively coarse abrading-surface andfinishing with a smooth or burnishing surface, it is desirable toprovide means by which this can be accomplished.

It is the object of our invention to provide a manicuring appliance soconstituted that different polishing faces may be shifted into operativeposition.

A further object of the invention is to provide means by which theseparate pads can be conveniently removed when worn and substituted byother pads which can be bought as a commodity or article of manufactureupon the market.

A further object of the invention is to provide an appliance havingtheabove characteristics which shall be simple and easy to construct,having a minimum number of parts, and convenient in operation.

With these and other objects in view our invention consists in theconstruction, combination, location, and arrangement of parts, all aswill be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a manicuring appliance having a form ofconstruction embodying the principles of our invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionon line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of thepolishing-pads adapted to be used with the preceding constructions. Fig.5 is a detail view showing one of the heads on the main spindle.

Referring now to the drawings and to the various views and.reference-signs appearing thereon, of which the same signs representlike parts throughout the several views, A denotes the frame or handle,having a body portion A, which is virtually a hollow shell or casing,-being formed with an internal recess or cavity A, extendingsubstantially from end to end thereof. The casing pref erably has a flator plane bottom edge in or der to fit closely in. the supporting frameor receptacle which we provide and which forms the subject of ourcompanion application filed herewith. The ends A and A of the bodyportion form the end walls of the interior cavity A and. have journaledbetween them, so as to extend longitudinally of the cavity A", a shaftor spindle B. It is obvious that this spindle may be journaled in theend walls in any convenient way.

We have shown a practical construction for this purpose in which the endwalls A A have stationary studs or pins C C embedded therein andcooperating with recesses B B in the ends of the spindle B, so as toconstitute pivot journal-bearings therefor. In this way the spindle B isrotatably disposed within the shell or casing A.

D D indicate heads or flanges upon the end of the spindle B, and weprefer to form these flanges in the manner particularly shown in Fig. 2.In this figure (1 (1 denote plates of generally circular form, buthaving a plurality of flattened faces (1 upon their peripheries, and (Z61'' indicate cup-shaped flanged disks which surround and fit upon theplates or collars d d. In this way the complete heads or flanges at therespective ends of the shaft B have spaced recesses on their insidefaces formed between the flattened faces (1 of the parts at d and thesurrounding flanged disks d (i We have designated these recesses as d din the drawings. Any form of con-' struction may be employed in whichrecesses of" d are obtained on the inside of the heads or flanges at theends of the spindle B and still fall within the spirit and scope of ourinvention.

D denotes any suitable locking means which may comprise a sliding boltin the wall.

A, engaging spaced recesses (1 in one of the heads Extending between theheads D D and supported by the recesses therein we have arranged anumber of polishing-pads E E 2 Each of these preferably comprises awrapper of charnois, felt, kid, leather, or any other suitable materialfolded into a sort of tube and including a rib E of stiffening materialtherein, which may be cardboard, fiber, wood, or any other analogoussubstance. E designates the filling material of the polishingpad, suchas cotton or felt or any other similar packing material. We form each ofthe pads with a longitudinal opening E therethrough, with which isdesigned to cooperatea supporting-rib F. The rib F is supported by theheads or flanges D D and constitutes the means for supporting the pads Eupon the spindle B.

In the preferred form of our invention we construct the supporting-ribsF of a resilient materialsuch as fiber, hard rubber, or metalalthoughwood and a wide variety of other substances may be used. The ends ofeach supporting-rib are adapted to fit in a pair of correspondingrecesses d d of the heads or flanges D D and each rib is made of alength slightly in excess of the straightline distance between thebottoms of the recesses, so that the supporting-rib will take a bowed orcurved relation between the heads, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The operation of the device will'be understood from the precedingdescription. The appliance is assembled by placing the spindle B betweenthe supporting end walls A A after which the ribs F maybe insertedthrough the pads E and their extremities placed in thecavities of theheads D D. A gentle pressure upon the outside surface of each pad is noweffective to spring the rib F into its inwardly-bowed position, as shownin Fig. 2, after which its resiliency is sufficient to maintain it insuch relation. All of the parts being assembled, the appliance is readyfor use.

When any of the pads become worn, they can be conveniently removed bymerely grasping them and drawing them outward. It is preferred that thepads be sold separately upon the market and purchased when desired.

What we claim is'- 1. A manicuring appliance comprising a shell orcasing having end Walls, a spindle rotatably supported between saidwalls and having recessed heads thereon, and a plurality of pads adaptedto engage the recesses of said heads.

2. A manicuring appliance comprising a frame or body having bearings, aspindle rotatably supported between said bearings, heads or flanges onsaid spindle said heads or flanges having spaced recesses upon theirinher faces, a plurality of pads having supporting ribs therein, andarranged to be sprung into corresponding recesses of. said heads orflanges.

3. A manicuring appliance, comprising a frame or body having bearingsthereon, a spindle rotatably disposed between said bearings, a pair ofcollars having flattened peripheral faces secured to said spindle,flanged disks surrounding said collars to form recesses therewith, and apad engaging two of the corresponding recesses.

4. A manicuring appliance, comprising a frame or body having bearings, aspindle having recessed heads thereon, a pad having a longitudinalsupporting-rib arranged to engage the recesses in said heads, andlocking means for fixing the rotative adjustment of the spindle in anydesired relation.

5. A manicuring appliance, comprising a frame or body, a spindlerotatably supported in said frame or body and having recessed headsthereon, locking means for holding said spindle in any desired relation,a supporting-rib of a length greater than the distance between'the wallsof corresponding recesses, and engaging such recesses and a padincluding a wrapper and a packing material therein surrounding saidsupporting-rib.

6. As an article of manufacture, a manicuring-pad having an outer tubeor Wrapper of flexible material, a stiffening-rib therein, a packingmaterial between said stiffening-rib and wrapper, the rib and wrapperbeing so arranged as to leave a longitudinal recess throughout the pad.

7. A manicuring appliance, comprising a shell or casing having side andend walls, a spindle rotatably journaled between said end walls, collarshaving flattened faces upon said spindle, flanged disks surrounding saidcollars so as to form heads or flanges having recesses, locking meansfor holding said heads in any position of rotative adjustment, and padshaving an outer tube or wrapper of flexble material, a stiffening-ribtherein and a supporting-rib adapted to engage the recesses of saidheads or flanges, said supporting-rib being adapted to spring into bowedrelation between the corresponding recesses of said heads or flanges.

In witness whereof we subscribe our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANNA A. ANGUS. DOROTHY B. CAMERON.

Witnesses:

C. J. MoBERe, ANDREW BRAND.

